VivoPower Appoints Former Microsoft AI Executive to Advisory Council
VivoPower has appointed Khadija Mustafa to its Advisory Council. Mustafa spent 23 years at Microsoft, most recently heading Global Sales & Partnerships for Industrial Metaverse Core within the Cloud & AI division. She also served as head of global partnerships for Core 42, part of G42, the Abu Dhabi-based AI company backed by Mubadala, Microsoft, Silverlake, and the Dalio Family Office.
Mustafa is founder and CEO of Beyyond.ai, a strategic advisory firm working with nations, boards, and investment funds to build AI ecosystems. She also mentors entrepreneurs through the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Accelerator.
Why This Matters for Strategy Leaders
VivoPower develops powered land and data center infrastructure for AI compute. The company positions itself as a partner for sovereign nations building domestic AI infrastructure independent of foreign control.
Mustafa's appointment signals VivoPower's focus on government and institutional clients. Her network spans hyperscalers, sovereign wealth funds, and frontier AI companies across the US, Middle East, Europe, and emerging markets - the buyers for large-scale infrastructure projects.
In her advisory role, Mustafa will help VivoPower accelerate deal flow, enter new markets, and establish itself as a preferred infrastructure partner. The company operates across the UK, Australia, North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
Sovereign AI Infrastructure as Strategy
Mustafa framed the appointment around "sovereign AI" - the idea that nations increasingly view AI infrastructure as critical to national security and competitiveness. She said the defining question is no longer access to AI intelligence, but control over the physical infrastructure that enables it.
"Leadership in this layer will define the next phase of global competitiveness," Mustafa said.
Kevin Chin, VivoPower's Executive Chairman and CEO, said Mustafa's experience across multiple sovereign jurisdictions would help the company as it expands globally. "She understands how infrastructure, capital, and policy intersect in the AI era," Chin said.
For executives and strategy leaders, Mustafa's background demonstrates how AI infrastructure decisions now involve government policy, capital allocation, and geopolitical positioning - not just technology choices.
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